Generic commands

shutdown

Syntax

[no] shutdown

Context

config>router>interface

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Platforms

Supported on all 7210 SAS platforms as described in this document

Description

The shutdown command administratively disables an entity. When disabled, an entity does not change, reset, or remove any configuration settings or statistics. Many entities must be explicitly enabled using the no shutdown command.

The shutdown command administratively disables an entity. The operational state of the entity is disabled as well as the operational state of any entities contained within. Many objects must be shut down before they may be deleted.

Unlike other commands and parameters where the default state is not indicated in the configuration file, shutdown and no shutdown are always indicated in system generated configuration files.

The no form of this command administratively enables an entity.

Default

no shutdown

description

Syntax

description description-string

no description

Context

config>router>if

Platforms

Supported on all 7210 SAS platforms as described in this document

Description

This command creates a text description stored in the configuration file for a configuration context.

The no form of this command removes the description string from the context.

Parameters

description-string

Specifies the description character string. Allowed values are any string of up to 80 characters, composed of printable, 7-bit ASCII characters. If the string contains special characters (#, $, spaces, etc.), the entire string must be enclosed within double quotes.